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F. B. F-ONDILLER. WINDOW PORCH. APPLICATION FIILEVD )UNE 15, 1920.

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-v FANNIE IB. FONDILLER, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 3,' 192g Y Application med Junef15, 1920. seriarno. 389,120.

To @ZZ (whom 'it may concern." h

Be it known that F ANNE: B. FoNDILLnR, ya citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in thecounty of New Yorkand State of New York, has invented certain new and useful improvements in Window Porches, of which' the following is a specification.

v This invention relates to window porches or balconies. l

One of the objects thereof is to providea device of this type which shall be portable and adapted to be attachedl outside of any window frame from within. v Y

Another` object of this invention is to pro! y vide a strongly made balcony Vwhich can be readily and COmPCly collapsed for tras.

` v portation and which can be easily set up in place outside of the window without requiring muchslrill or experience.

rA further object is to provide a devicek of the above type which shall be neat in appearance,safe in operation and cheap and simple in construction.

A still further object of this invention is to provideV a device of this type which mayl Y be adj ustable for varying widths ofwindow.

Othergobjects of this invention will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out. y Y Y f f The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations Iof elements and arrangement y of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described and of which the scope'of application will be indicated in the following claims. y l

In the accompanying drawings,"in which isshownone of various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a window balcony embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation looking in the direction of line 3-p-3 ofFig. 1 and shown in position outside the window frame; and

Figs. 4 and 5`are detailed cross-sectional views taken respectively along lines 4L-4 and y5 5 of Fig. 1 and show the means used in jointing the members of the device to each other.V

Referring in detail tothe drawing, the window porch or balcony embodying the of `front member 1 are preferably tubular and the side of said frame is bent at the ends thereof to rigidly iit into one end of the tube as shown at 10a, 10a, while the other end4 of the tube lreceives telescopically the top and bottom pieces of the frame 7 of J'he frontfmember 2 asshown at 10b. In this way the balcony may be made adjustable to various widths of windows, the frame 7 being slidable in thel members 10. The holding straps 9 are formed with extensions 9 the ends of which are bentk at right angles 9b and the frame 7 carries a crossmember 7 so that when the balcony is extended to its maximum width thefront members 1 and 2 meet and abut'against each other as shown in Fig. 4, thus preventing the Ytwo sections from comin apart as willbe clear from said figure vand ig. 1. y

The bottom and side members 1, 5 are similar in construction tothe front member and comprise a frame 11 and 12 respectively, andv similar wire net-work 8. riop membersA 13 and-14 similar to the bottom membersi may be hinged to the front mehr bers 1 and `2 as at 15 vif desired, in order to provide a screen or guard to prevent 0bjects from dropping into the balcony and endangering the Voccupant thereof. To secure the balcony to Ythe outside window frame the side members 5 are provided at their rear ends with attaching plates 16 having bayonet slots 17 adapted to receive the screws or bolts 18 whereby the balcony may be securedfrom the inside to the window frame 19 with the bottom members resting on the window sill 2OV (Fig. 3). The means for securing the members to each other in such a way as to provide a collapsible construction foldable into compact form for transportation will now be described.

Referring 110W to Fig. 5, the hinged memics bers 3 are preferably formed from a strip of heavy sheet metal 2l curved at the ends to form cylindrical members 22 and 23 adapted to receive respectively the bottom member l0 of the frame 7 of the front member and the forward end 25 of the frame ll j use, and the device when set in place as herein described may thus serve as a safe support for a person cleaning the outside of the window or as a fresh air space for a child.

To fold the device for shipment the side members 5 are first raised so'as to unhook them from the bolts, the top member is folded over against the iront members on the hinges 15 while the side members 'are folded inward against the interior side of the front members on the hinges 6 while the bottom members are folded up against the front members on Ythe hinges 3, thus resulting in a fiat, compact article for shipment. f

It will thus be seen that there is provided apparatus in `which the several objects of this invention are achieved and .which is well adapted to meet the most severe conditions of practical use.

AS various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention and asV various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to ,be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

VHaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent j 1. A window porch adjustable to the width oi a window comprisingan adjustable front section, side sections,-a topscotion, a bottom section, each of saidsections comprising a frame, wire netting, and means for securing said netting to said frame, and sheet metal clasps for lfoldably connecting adjacent sections together.

2. In a window porch comprised of sections suitably secured to each other, a screened section comprising a frame, wire netting, cut away straps bent around said frame and clenched to said netting Jfor securing said netting to said frame, and hinges oi a single piece of sheet metal in the cutaway part of said straps and bent around said frame for foldably Vsecuring said section'to an adjacent section.

3. In a window porch `comprised oi' sections suitably secured to each other, a screen section. comprising a Vframe, wire netting, straps bent around said frame kand clenched tion, a bottom sectiomeach of said sections' comprising a frame, wire netting and cutaway straps bent aroundsaid4 frame and clenched to said nettingY for securing said Y netting` to said frameyhinges for` foldably securing said sections to Veach other arranged in the cutaway part oi said straps, and means attached to the Vside sections'for removably supporting Vsaid porch in said window opening. y c

5, In a window porch, an adjustableiront section comprising a frame', tubular-horizontal members in said frame', a vertical member insaid frame, horizontally disposed extensions bent from said-verticalmember and secured in said tubular members, wire netting, straps securingsaid netting to said frame members, horizontal extensions of the straps of said tubular members,'a vertically disposed member connecting said extensions, bent at right angles to the plane 0i"V said netting, a second frame adjustable relatively to said iirst iframe, horizontally vdisposed members in saidsecond frame arranged to slide into said tubular members, netting in said second frame, a vertically disposed member at the inner edge ofsaid second iframe, bent substantially at right angles to said netting and adapted to engage the vertical connecting member of said iirst frame for limiting the relative movement of said frames. i f y l6. In awindow porch, anadjustable front section comprising a frame, tubular horizontal members in saidV frame, wire netting, means Jfor securing said netting insaid frame, a second frame, horizontally disposed members in said second frame adapted to enter said tubular members, wire netting in said second Jframe, meansfor. securing said netting in said second frame, and extensions at the inner edges of said frames for limiting the relative movementof said Vfra-mes, side sections, wire netting in said side sections, a top. anda bottom section similar to said front section, and' `hinges,geach of a single piece of sheet metal rotatably connecting said sections for allowing said sections to be folded together.

7. In a window` porch, adjustable front, bottom and top sections, each comprising a frame, tubular members in said frame, netting secured to said frame, a second frame, members in said second frame arranged to enter the tubular members of thetirst menisoY tioned frame, netting in Said second frame, and means on said frames for limiting the relative movement of said frames, side sections, netting in said side sections, means for foldably connecting said sections, and means for removably supporting said porch in a Window opening comprising apertured plates secured to said side sections, and bolts in the Walls of said Windov7 opening adapted to engage said plates.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 12th day of June A. D. 1920.

FANNIE B. FOjNDILLER.

Witness:

WILLIAM FONDILLER. 

